Johan De la Gardie
Johan Pontusson De la Gardie (born March 3, 1582 in Reval , † March 10, 1642 at Steninge Castle , Sweden ) was a Swedish nobleman and holder of the highest state offices.
origin
His parents were the Swedish military leader and governor of Livonia , Pontus De la Gardie , and his wife Sofia Gyllenhielm , illegitimate daughter of King John III. of Sweden .
career
He was on January 1, 1594 by King Sigismund III. the Baron in the church today charged at Castle Ekholmen in Veckholm, Enköping in the region Uppsala, which had heard already from 1571 to 1581 his father.
On September 15, 1611 he was appointed governor of the Turku Province with official residence at Turku Castle, and from May 16, 1616 he was also governor of the Tavastehus Province in Finland . From March 6, 1625 to 1628 he was governor and governor of Reval , then from 1630 to 1634 governor ( landshövding ) of Stockholm and Uppland .
When Per Brahe fell ill during the session of the Estates' Congress in 1630, King Gustav II appointed Adolf De la Gardie as Land Marshal , who then headed the last part of the Reichstag session of that year. From 1631 to 1638 he was one of the directors of the knight house in Stockholm. In 1633 he was appointed to the Imperial Council and in 1634 he also became assessor in the Swedish Court Council.
De la Gardie died in 1642 at Steninge Castle near Märsta in Uppland and was buried in the church of Veckholm in Enköping parish.
Marriages and offspring
Johan De la Gardie married Katarina Kristersdotter Oxenstierna († 1625), daughter of the Imperial Councilor Krister Gabrielsson Oxenstierna and Beata Karlsdotter Gera. The marriage had three daughters:
- Beata Johansdotter De la Gardie (1612–1680), ⚭ 1633 Lennart Torstenson (1603–1651), ⚭ 1653 Per Brahe the Younger (1602–1680)
- Sofia Johansdotter De la Gardie (1615–1647), ⚭ 1634 Jöns Knutsson Kurck the Younger (1590–1652).
- Katarina Johansdotter De la Gardie (1616–1680), ⚭ 1634 Fredrik Gustavsson Stenbock (1607–1652).
In 1640 he married the future chief stewardess of the queen widow Maria Eleonora , Görvel Posse (1600–1671).
literature
- Fredrik Boye: Riksdags-historien, ifrån 1627 til och med 1823: i sammanhang med velvety Landtmarskalkars portraits. Volume 1. Carl Deleen, Stockholm, 1825, pp. 18-20
- Bertil Boëthius : Johan Pontusson De la Gardie . In: Svenskt biografiskt lexikon 10, 1931, p. 628 ff. ( Online resource )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De la Gardie, Johan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | De la Gardie, Johan Pontusson (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1582 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reval |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1642 |
| Place of death | Steninge Castle , Sweden |